1 Samuel 15:11

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Samuel, ¹⁰ Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then the Lord spoke his word to Samuel: ¹⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: ¹⁰ Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ The word of the Lord came to Samuel: ¹⁰ Forsothe the word of the Lord was maad to Samuel,

Bible Verse Review
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repenteth me: 1 Samuel 15:35, Genesis 6:6, 2 Samuel 24:16, Psalms 110:4, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Amos 7:3, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:2

turned: Joshua 22:16, 1 Kings 9:6, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Matthew 24:13, Hebrews 10:38

hath not performed: 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Samuel 13:13

it grieved: 1 Samuel 15:35, 1 Samuel 16:1, Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 13:17, Luke 19:41-44, Romans 9:1-3

he cried: 1 Samuel 12:23, Psalms 109:4, Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 12:13 - General Joshua 11:15 - he left nothing 1 Samuel 8:6 - prayed 1 Samuel 15:13 - I have performed Nehemiah 1:6 - day and night Job 34:27 - turned Psalms 18:21 - have not Psalms 101:3 - them Proverbs 29:10 - but Jeremiah 11:10 - turned Jeremiah 18:10 - then Jeremiah 34:16 - ye turned Jeremiah 50:21 - and do Ezekiel 18:24 - when Hosea 4:16 - slideth Matthew 21:6 - and did Acts 13:22 - when Romans 10:1 - my heart's 2 Corinthians 12:8 - I besought Hebrews 10:39 - we are

Cross-References

Psalms 119:13
I have recited aloud all the regulations you have given us.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips I have declared All the ordinances of your mouth.

Psalms 119:13
My lips will tell about all the laws you have spoken.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips I have told of All the ordinances of Your mouth.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

Psalms 119:13
In my lippis Y haue pronounsid; alle the domes of thi mouth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king,.... Which is not to be understood of any change of mind, counsel, purpose, or decree in God, which is not consistent with his unchangeable nature; but of a change of dispensation, and outward dealings, and is spoken after the manner of men, who, when they repent of anything, change the course of their conduct and behaviour; and so the Lord does without any change of his mind and will, which alters not; and though he changes the outward dispensations of his providence, yet he never changes and alters in the matters and methods of his grace; though he repented he made Saul king, he never repents of his making his saints kings and priests for himself; his outward gifts he sometimes takes away, as an earthly crown and kingdom; but his gifts and calling, which are of special grace, are without repentance, :-.

for he is turned back from following me; from after my worship, as the Targum, from doing his will and work:

and hath not performed my commandments: particularly in this affair relating to Amalek:

and it grieved Samuel; that Saul should so soon be rejected from being king, and that he should do anything to deserve it; and whom Samuel had anointed king, and for whom he had a cordial respect, and to whom he wished well, both for his own personal good, and for the good of the people of Israel; so far was he from rejoicing at his fall, who came in his stead, and to whom he gave way in the affair of government:

and he cried unto the Lord all night; or prayed, as the Targum; either that the Lord would inform him of the particulars wherein Saul had done amiss, or that he would forgive his sin, and not reject him from the kingdom.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It grieved Samuel - “Samuel was angry, or displeased,” as Jonah was Jonah 4:1, and for a similar reason. Samuel was displeased that the king whom he had anointed should be set aside. It seemed a slur on his prophetic office.

He cried unto the Lord - With the wild scream or shriek of supplication. (See 1Sa 7:8-9; 1 Samuel 12:18.) The phrase and the action mark Samuel’s fervent, earnest character.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 15:11. It repenteth me that I have set up Saul — That is, I placed him on the throne; I intended, if he had been obedient, to have established his kingdom. He has been disobedient; I change my purpose, and the kingdom shall not be established in his family. This is what is meant by God's repenting-changing a purpose according to conditions already laid down or mentally determined.